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Hi guys,

already gave my intro in the other thread, got hold of a cheap (purchased non runner for £100, needed a ecu for total cost of £85 so £185 fully running) 2006 black caddy and decided to make it a little work van, car comes with a bst sdi engine but will transplant a bkd with 6 speed box.

so first this is how the car stands in its stock state.



Interior (excuse the hideous blue a pillars, they will be replaced asap)

caddy did not come with a radio so managed to source a replacement kenwood unit, also replaced the heater control knobs.


It has DRL fitted but were not working, checked the wiring and found the issue, this has all been done and DRLs are back on

Got some 18" vw alloys, the picture does not do them justice, however the van needs to be lowered as it just looks odd at the moment.

not much been done over past few days.

managed to get a flat bottom steering as fitted below


also got a electric window set from a touran which i will try and fit over the next few days

Good progress, what's your next mod?

thank you. the main mod will the bkd conversion. i have everything ready but no time (busy season for auto electrics)
for now its just small things here and there

Can beat a good workhorse you don’t need to be too precious over


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just got the van back from the graphic guys.

lowering kit ordered.
currently looking to replace the seats with something leather. will look around and hopefully get something in soon.
still need to install the electric window conversion.

I’m the process of doing the bkd swap, found a few problems already wondering if you’d know anything? On the loom from the bkd there is an extra plug that runs inside the car what would I do with this as on the loom from the caddy it doesn’t have it, cheer

been a long time since ive worked on the caddy due to ongoing projects.

the plan is to focus on it for the next few weeks and get it done.

the bkd conversion is all done. running perfect also did a egr delete and map.

got some custom brown leather seats as below.

to do

interior:
touran door cards trimmed in same leather
touran centre console and trimmed in same brown
fit black touran carpets and dark grey trims
carpet the back

exterior:
touran bumper on and colour code the rear
fit pre-facelift touran xenons
find some good 18/19" wheels ( leaning towards the vw cadiz wheels)

ice:
already have a kenwood vw specific headunit
install the audio system which i already have ( ground zero comps, jl audio shallow mount sub under the drivers seat, helix 4 chanel amp.

will update as i get bits done

reverse camera done a while ago.

is integrated into the 3rd brake light

finally managed to get alot of the bits I needed to make some progress.
got a good deal on all dark grey touran trims, touran armrest, cruise control kit. touran v2 Black carpet and a touran mk1 front bumper.

have a free day Sunday so will get a full day on the caddy. some images from today.



managed to get most of the interior stripped out


doors stripped for the electric windows and dark touran door cards


test fit the subwoofer box


plan is finish some customers cars off till Saturday and on Sunday start soundproofing the van, get the windows sorted, fit the new speakers and start some amp cabling.

will update as I go along

had some time inbetween jobs so managed to get the electric windows done. both doors sound proofed and door components fitted.



we do alot of audio installs and always sound proofed using the same method. one person knock and other listen. then place the high quality sound proof in the most strategic locations.
then restest and fill the rest with the cheaper rattlematt. end result was a solid door


old speakers drilled out and new ground zeros installed.





onto the electric windows. I used a proper retrofit harness. has been covered in many topics. basically pin the two male pins in the empty slot under the large earth wire and the female fuse connector into one of the empty pins in the top row of the large fuses ( constant 12v)

I used the touran door harness that came with the conversion kit.
all working but do need to get a 2 window switch and associated dark trim





will clean the van tomorrow and continue soundproofing then need to spray some light grey trims to match the dark grey. if anyone has an product recommendations then please let me know

Looking well mate, what was the extra wire for on the engine swap?